Project · Residential Roofing
Low-Slope Roof Replacement in Dallas–Fort Worth
A low-slope section of a home's roof, worn through and patched over the years, re-roofed with a new granulated modified-bitumen cap sheet — and flashed and tied back into the shingle roof where the two meet, which is where these roofs usually leak.
Before & After
Same roof, new surface
What We Did
A new surface, and a sealed transition
The low-slope part of this roof had worn down to the point where the surface was coming away and old patches marked where it had leaked before. Patching it again would only have bought a season, so the whole section was re-roofed with a granulated modified-bitumen cap sheet — a roll roofing built for low pitches, where shingles cannot shed water fast enough.
The other half of the job was the edge where the low-slope section meets the shingle roof. We ran metal flashing along that transition and worked the shingles back in over it, so water coming off the main roof crosses the joint instead of getting under it.
- Property
- Residential home
- Location
- Dallas–Fort Worth
- Roof system
- Modified-bitumen cap sheet with shingle tie-in
- Scope
- Low-slope section re-roofed, transition flashed, shingles tied in
Scope of Work
- Worn low-slope section re-roofed with a new cap sheet
- Seams lapped and sealed across the whole section
- Metal flashing along the low-slope-to-shingle transition
- New shingles worked back in over the flashing
- Roof blown off and site cleaned before we left
Why It Matters
Why low-slope sections leak first
Water sits longer
On a shallow pitch, rain drains slowly, so any worn spot or open seam has water standing on it instead of running past it.
Shingles are the wrong material
Shingles need pitch to shed water. A low-slope section needs a membrane or roll roofing made for it, like the modified bitumen used here.
The transition is the weak point
Where a low-slope roof meets a steeper one, water from the main roof lands on the joint. Without proper flashing, it gets underneath.
Project Photos
From worn roof to finished tie-in
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Have a porch, patio or addition roof that keeps leaking? We inspect low-slope roofs across the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex for free, check the transition as well as the surface, and give you a written estimate before any work starts.
Pay Over Time
Fix the roof now, pay over time
A roof rarely fails on a convenient schedule. Through our partner Lyon Financial — a specialty lender since 1979 — you can finance the work with low, fixed rates, loans up to $250,000, and terms up to 20 years.
